At some point when you're performing or recording music through your iPad, you most likely going …to want to connect a guitar or some other instrument that uses a quarter-inch cable. …Now there are two ways to get instrument signals into your iPad. …You can either go through the headphone jack or through the dock connector, and since neither …the dock connector nor the headphone jack can accept the quarter-inch cable directly, …you are going to need some kind of accessory or adapter to plugin. …So in this movie I want to focus on devices that go into the headphone jack. …Specifically I'm looking at the iRig from IK Multimedia. …You can see this is a very simple device.…

It just has a headphone jack right here. It plugs right in, and this will actually work with …your iPad, your iPhone, or your iPod touch. …We already have one plugin here. …It goes right into your headphone jack. The guitar cable goes into the other end. …Now because we're plugging something into the headphone jack, that's going to disable …

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Updated

7/26/2013

Released

7/27/2012

This course shows off the latest techniques and devices for recording live music with the Apple iPad. Author and musician Garrick Chow explores real-world recording scenarios, including the iPad's built-in input options (and why to avoid them), and shares alternative methods of getting your audio in and out of the iPad. The course covers instrument input devices like the Apogee Jam and Alesis iO Dock, compares microphones, and shows how to connect and play MIDI devices through the iPad.

Skill Level Beginner

1h 6m

Duration

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Q: This course was updated on 7/26/2013. What changed?

A: We added three brand new movies to cover a few exciting new iPad accessories that have emerged on the market: the Griffin StudioConnect and Apogee Quartet input devices, and the MiC microphone from Apogee. We also updated the movies covering the Spark Digital microphone.